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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Vivacious Lady (1938) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Vivacious Lady (1938) Quiz
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About the movie:
On a quick trip to the city, young university professor Peter Morgan falls in love with nightclub performer Francey Brent and marries her after a whirlwind romance...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vivacious Lady (1938)?
a.
Berlin
s song "Take My Breath Away" was originally considered for the soundtrack of
Nine 1/2 Weeks
.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 3, 1945 with
James Stewart
reprising his film role.
c.
In Cantonese Chinese, mogwai means devil, demon or gremlin. The Mandarin pronunciation is mogui.
d.
The scene where Dick Grayson sorts and dries his laundry using kung-fu moves was taken shot-by-shot from a similar scene in the Hong Kong film
Yong zhe wu ju
(aka "Dreadnaught").
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vivacious Lady (1938)?
a.
The role of
Cesar Montano
(as Captain Juan Pajota) was originally offered to
Zoren Legaspi
who passed the first screening. But Legaspi turned down the project due to his commitment to GMA-7 for a TV soap opera, and that he could not leave his family for a months shoot in Australia.
b.
Toni Collette
dropped out due scheduling conflicts.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
took over her role.
c.
One of the signs in Dr. Evils submarine illustrates how henchmen should correctly lift an unconscious captive in order to prevent any back pain. It reads "Lift with your legs, not with your back".
d.
Since Gingers legs were insured for $500,000 they were strapped with boards and padded for protection during the fight scene. Filming on
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
started soon after this film wrapped, and RKO could not afford to have an injured musical star.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vivacious Lady (1938)?
a.
Orson Welles
tried to acquire the rights to the novel so that he could film it. He had to be content with playing the part of General Dreedle.
b.
After four days of shooting in April 1937,
James Stewart
became ill, but then left to star in
Of Human Hearts
. RKO considered replacing Stewart, but shelved the production until December 1937. Actors
Donald Crisp
and
Fay Bainter
(as well as others), who were cast in the original production, were replaced by
Charles Coburn
and
Beulah Bondi
.
c.
This film was based on the last of the "Mr. Moto" novels, "Stopover Tokyo", published in 1955, featuring a middle aged Moto. The film version deletes the Moto character entirely!
d.
The set was visited by filmmaker John Waters early one morning.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vivacious Lady (1938)?
a.
Writer-producer
Steve Shagan
once said of
Marlon Brando
s appearance in this picture: "I asked
Marlon Brando
to be in only part of the film. He really is in a supporting role. He plays the Oil Man, Adam Steiffel, and appears for about thirty minutes. If Brando fails, we fail. Steiffel is a key part for the movies believability."
b.
Also the last film of legendary composer
Miklós Rózsa
. This was ironic since he was also asked to rescore music for original images that he had worked on in the 1940s and 50s.
c.
Shelley Winters
developed mixed feeling toward director
George Stevens
for making her look so unglamorous alongside
Elizabeth Taylor
. Her role, moreover, typecast her in mousy or brassy parts for years. Winters said she drove white Cadillac convertibles (similar to Taylors in the film) for years afterward to compensate for her intense feelings of inferiority while making the film.
d.
This film is one of five times that
Beulah Bondi
portrayed
James Stewart
s mother. The others are:
Its a Wonderful Life
,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
,
Of Human Hearts
and once on his television series,
The Jimmy Stewart Show
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vivacious Lady (1938)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 7, 1940 with
James Stewart
and
Charles Coburn
reprising their film roles.
b.
The movie was deliberately filmed in black & white in an attempt to disguise
Clark Gable
s age and weight.
c.
Rock Hudson
and
Elizabeth Taylor
went for get-to-know-you drinks one night at the very start of the production. They both got exceedingly drunk, finishing the evening at 3:00 am. Their call-time was 5:30 am. Fortunately the scene being shot that morning was a wedding scene with no dialog, so instead of talking, all they had to do was look lovingly at each other. The two actors were concentrating so hard on not being sick that they were quite surprised when some of the people on-set started to cry, so convinced were they of their supposed looks of adoration at each other.
d.
Lee Marvin
was offered the male lead.
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